The enigma of prokaryotic life in deep hypersaline anoxic basins

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5706, 2005, Pages 121-123

  Van Der Wielen, Paul W J J ^a,k   Bolhuis, Henk ^a   Borin, Sara ^b   Daffonchio, Daniele ^b   Corselli, Cesare ^c   Giuliano, Laura ^d   D'Auria, Giuseppe ^d   De Lange, Gert J ^e   Huebner, Andreas ^e   Varnavas, Sotirios P ^f   Thomson, John ^g   Tamburini, Christian ^h   Marty, Danielle ^h   McGenity, Terry J ⁱ   Timmis, Kenneth N ^i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^g NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^h CNRS   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^j Division of Microbiology   (Germany)

^k KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC BASINS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PROKARYOTIC LIFE; SULFATE REDUCTION;

GEOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU PROCESSING; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; METABOLISM; SALT DEPOSITS;

CATCHMENTS;

MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MIOCENE; PROKARYOTE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; EURYARCHAEOTA; HETEROTROPHY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHANOGENESIS; MICROFLORA; MIOCENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REDUCTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EURYARCHAEOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 19944426100     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1103569     Document Type: Article

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